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The Opening of the American West

By John Walters on Friday, December 12, 2003.

Michael Golay is a historian from Exeter. His new book, The Tide of Empire, tells the story of the first Americans to reach and settle the Pacific Coast. These explorers, traders, trappers and missionaries paved the way for the American nation and the destruction of Native Americans.

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